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Debenham High School
Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–16 · Academy
Gracechurch Street, Debenham, Stowmarket IP14 6BL · debenhamhighschool.suffolk.sch.uk · 01728 860213
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Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected Mar 2023
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 55.7
- average Attainment 8 score. Suffolk 42.8, England 46
- Demand for places
- 1.0
- first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
- Pupils
- 714
- 89 over 625 places · 114%
- Local authority
- Suffolk
- Sixth form
- No
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 14%
- First language not English
- 0.8%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Year 7 in September 2026, 146 families put the school first and 141 places were offered; 96% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Year 7 | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 141 | 146 | 1▲ | 96% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 135 | 155 | 1.1▲ | 86% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 133 | 131 | 1 | 99% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 135 | 128 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 135 | 134 | 1 | 98% |
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 55.7, and 68.1% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Suffolk it was 42.8, and across England 46.
GCSE results
Attainment 8
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| ▲55.7 | 46.0 | ||
| ▲68.1% | 45.4% | ||
| ▲84.8% | 64.8% | ||
| ▼26.8% | 40.5% | ||
| ▲4.74 | 4.09 |
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| School sixth form | 59.3 | −0.9 |
| Further education | 25.7 | +5.4 |
| Other education | 2.1 | −4.7 |
| Apprenticeship | 1.4 | −1.6 |
| Employment | 4.3 | +1.3 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 3.6 | −0.9 |
| Activity not captured | 3.6 | +2.1 |
Ofsted
Debenham High School was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 2 March 2023, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Good
- Inspected
- 2 Mar 2023
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Good |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Outstanding |
| Personal development | Outstanding |
| Leadership and management | Good |
Previously: Outstanding, graded inspection, Jan 2008
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Jan 2008Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding
What parents said
95% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (238 replies, to 1 January 2024).
- Recommend
- 95%
- Replies
- 238
- 35% · 1 Jan 2024
based on the 75% who raised concerns
based on the 32% who had a child bullied
based on 50 parents (21%) with SEND